They don't ever seem to enforce the no texting while driving laws - I think they were only developed to be used after an accident occurs, as it is pretty simple matter to determine if the person who caused it was texting around the time of the accident.

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Some teenage girl almost ran me over on a zebra crossing because she was texting, its lucky I was paying attention and saw what she was doing. She wasnt going fast, so the worst that would have happened would be me rolling over the hood of the car. But still its fucking annoying. Its illegal here in Australia but its still so rampant.

Texting and driving has got to be far worse than drinking and driving because your eyes aren't even on the road! I don't even answer my phone when I'm driving. I find the whole texting all the time bit kinda silly anyway but maybe it's because I was born in the early 70s.

They made texting while driving (and using a cell without a headset) illegal in Detroit a few years back...and the day the law went into effect the Mayor ordered the police to not enforce the law. They even had a press conference, just to let the public know that they could still text, talk, and drive and not get in trouble.

Using a phone whilst driving is illegal lots of places - including here. The major problem seems to be cops enforcing it. I regularly see people talking/texting in their cars with the cops right there and they don't do a fucking thing about it. There was even one beside me a few months back when I flagged him and pointed out the guy in front of me was doing that and the cop just shrugged and drove off. I really should have reported the sonofabitch.

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